NGC 2491
| Galaxy NGC 2491 |
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| NGC 2491 & LEDA 1335584 (ru), SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Small dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 58 m 27.4 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 59 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 15, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2491 • PGC 22353 • CGCG 031-007 • 2MASX J07582739 + 0759018 • GALEX ASC J075827.43 + 075901.0 | |
NGC 2491 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Little Dog south of the ecliptic . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2485 , NGC 2496 , NGC 2499 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 15, 1885 .
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